When Pakistan blocked the supplies most Indians here thought that it was too harsh from Pakistan and it will eventualy be more harmful to Pakistan. Now that we achieved the desired result the supplies can be allowed to continue, had the blockade continued it would have put more international pressure on Pakistan as the world would have seen us as hindering the NATO's "fight on terror". People might not understand the significance of blocking the supplies to the war zone for over 10 days, i can just say that it makes a big difference and could force the army to change its tactics and strategy.
This show of power from Pakistan also served the purpose of warning anyone else ( you know who) who hold any intentions of quick strikes inside Pakistani territory. Had we been soft and accepted the incidence it would have attracted other bullies in the international arena to follow suit.
And they have started again.............
Drones kill seven as Afghanistan crossing reopens
The strike came just hours after Islamabad agreed to reopen a crucial border crossing to Afghanistan, ending a protest over the fatal shooting of two Pakistani guards by US troops.
Four missiles struck a compound in Shewa district about 40km northeast of the region's main town of Miranshah, an intelligence official said.
An intensified drone campaign sparked fresh attacks on NATO supply vehicles, which depend on the Torkham border crossing into Afghanistan.
Pakistani Taliban yesterday claimed responsibility for the latest attack on a NATO convoy.
"We will continue the attacks on NATO trucks and tankers until the drone strikes are stopped," said Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Azam Tariq.
Gunmen torched at least 29 oil tankers in southwest Pakistan on Saturday, the sixth attack in just over a week.
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said late on Saturday that it was reopening a border crossing to Afghanistan.
NATO and Pakistan found in a joint probe last week that US helicopter pilots mistakenly fired on the Pakistani guards, believing them to be militants. Pakistan shut the Torkham border crossing to Afghanistan 10 days ago in protest following the killings.
Meanwhile, Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a rare visit outside Kabul to tell compatriots in a volatile southern province that it was their duty to return to their homes and help protect their villages.
Mr Karzai flew to the Kandahar region - where international troops are trying to rout insurgents - to meet more than 200 tribal elders and seek their support for his government's effort to extend its influence beyond Kabul. The elders told the visitors that rural areas needed security and economic development, even as they acknowledged Kandahar province, birthplace of the Taliban, was proving tough to secure.
The President was rallying citizens to align themselves with the government and the international community, which are trying to ease violence in the area and rush in development aid.
"If you people go back to your villages, this will be the only way to secure them," Mr Karzai said in Arghandab district. "After these Afghan and NATO operations, it is your duty to protect your areas.
"You know the area very well so you can stop outsiders from coming in."
Mr Karzai said work was under way to improve the supply of electricity to Kandahar, the provincial capital.
A senior Taliban commander and two other insurgents were killed in a firefight with NATO-Afghan forces in western Afghanistan, the military alliance said yesterday.
Another Taliban leader, Ajmal Agha Jan, was killed in southern Helmand province's Marjah district after he pulled a pistol on a joint force that raided his compound, a NATO statement said.
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